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Fleur Pellerin
Former French Minister & CEO of Korelya
Fleur Pellerin is a French politician of Korean descent who has served at various government posts such as Minister of SME & Digital Economy, Minister of Trade and Tourism, and Minister of Culture and Communications. At age 16, she passed the baccalaureate and a year later, entered Essec, a prestigious school in France. Afterwards, she studied at Paris Institute of Political Studies and École nationale d'administration. In the early 2000s, she was the examining officer and adviser to the French Court of Auditors. She also worked in New York, Iraq and Geneva as an external auditor for the U.N. In 2007, she headed the 21st Century Club, an association working to promote diversity and equal opportunity. Once famous for being a "minister who dresses well," Pellerin is a female leader extraordinaire who shows her own color.
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WonSoon Park
Mayor of Seoul Metropolitan Government
After working as a civic activist for 20 years, Park Won-soon ran for Seoul mayor as the unified opposition candidate in 2011, and was elected as the capital’s 35th mayor. After his inauguration, he strived to establish an economic model of mutual existence and prosperity based on a civil society by promoting a shared economy and cooperatives. Reelected in 2014, Mayor Park has promoted the role of women in society through catchphrases such as "A City Where Women Are Happy" and "A City Where Women Are Safe." He is also trying to improve women’s rights by creating better workplaces for them and minimizing career inconveniences they might face. Mayor Park has received positive responses for reflecting the opinions of women collected through on/off-line means in his policies.
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Yoonsun Cho
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism
After working as an attorney at Korea’s leading law firm Kim & Chang and vice president of Citibank Korea, Cho Yoon-sun in 2002 entered politics by becoming the spokeswoman for the Grand National Party (GNP). She later joined the 18th National Assembly as a legislator and served as Minister of Gender Equality and Family. In the 2002 presidential election in Korea, she was co-spokesperson for the GNP’s Presidential Election Committee. She has achieved quite a few firsts in her career, being Korea’s first female spokesperson for a conservative party, the first woman to chair the State Affairs Committee and the youngest minister. In 2010, she was selected as the "top National Assembly member whom People want to work with." In this forum, she will co-host a conversation with former French cabinet minister Fleur Pellerin, who will give the keynote speech.
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Eunhee Kang
Minister of Gender Equality and Family
This so-called alpha girl started a venture company while working as a teacher. After graduating with a bachelor’s in physical education from Kyungpook National University, Minister Kang in 1997 set up the IT company Winitech, which provides intellectual disaster prevention systems. Her work was widely recognized, and in 2005, she received numerous awards including the Prime Minister's Citation in the Venture Company Awards. In 2011, she was appointed to the Presidential Council on National Competitiveness, and a year later, she entered the National Assembly as a proportional representative of the Saenuri Party (formerly the GNP). In January this year, she was appointed as the fifth Minister of Gender Equality and Family.
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Joo Hyun Ock
Musical Actress
In 1998, Ok Joo-hyun entered the entertainment world as a member of Fin.K.L., a pop music girl group. Enjoying immense fame, she showed her talent as a singer by releasing a solo album in 2002. As a musical actress, she debuted in 2005 in the musical "Aida." That year, she won the Female Newcomer of the Year Award in the Korea Musical Awards. Afterwards, she played the heroine in famous musicals including "Chicago," "Cats" and "42nd Street." In 2008, she received the Best Actress Award in the Musical Awards, just three years after making her stage debut. Standing tall as the "queen of musicals," Ok is now starring in the musical "Sweeney Todd."
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Dong-hoon CHOI
Film director
Choi Dong-hoon is a leading film director in Korea whose nickname is the "magician of blockbusters." His debut film was "The Big Swindle," and his movies have attracted more than 40 million viewers like "Tazza: The High Rollers," "Jeon Woochi: The Taoist Wizard," "The Thieves" and "Assassination." Choi started his career as a scriptwriter, and is well-known as a "master of creative expression." As a leading Korean storyteller, the director shows the various aspects of people in opening a new page of Korean-style "heist movies (a genre of crime movies)." In addition, Choi has received praise for creating active and three-dimensional women in his movies instead of those mostly passive and submissive as traditionally shown in Korean cinema.
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Eunhee Kim
Playwright
Kim Eun-hee is called the "master of Korean-style investigation dramas." From "Sign" to "Signal," she wrote unique and creative plots for Korean dramas to break new ground in the field and away from the usual focus on romance. The solid structure of her works, delicacy unique to female writers and powerful writing style have attracted not only fans but also the general public to the world of the once-neglected investigation drama. Kim settled as a star scriptwriter thanks to her talent for creating addictive storylines in any genre through covering social issues.
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Soo-hyun AHN
CEO of Caper Film
Ahn Soo-hyun is a history major who entered the movie world by working for the marketing team of the film studio ShinCine. Due to the company’s restructuring, she left Korea to study film theory in the U.S.. There, she made short films and grew closer to her dream of going into film production. After returning to Korea, she worked as a producer for the films "The Uninvited" and “You're My Sunshine!" and then participated in the production of "Thirst" and "Hindsight." In 2009, she set up Caper Film with her husband, director Choi Dong-hoon, and went on to produce "The Thieves" and "Assassination," both of which attracted more than 10 million moviegoers.
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Hang-joon Jang
Film director
Jang Hang-jun first grabbed the megaphone for the movie "Break Out" in 2002, and has since worked as a director, screenwriter and actor. A graduate of the Department of Theater at Seoul Institute of the Arts, he grew famous by starring not only in movies but also TV dramas and shows.
Together with his wife, scriptwriter Kim Eun-hee, Jang wrote dramas such as "Sign" and "Ghost" to blaze a new trail in the genre of investigation dramas. With his unique talking skills, he hosted TV entertainment shows to earn the nickname "a film director who’s funnier than entertainers."
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Hee-Jin Cho
Uijeongbu District Public Prosecutors Office
Cho Hee-jin has achieved many firsts in Korea’s male-dominated prosecution world. As a member of the 19th graduating class of the Judicial Research and Training Institute, she started her career as a prosecutor in 1990 at the Seoul District Prosecutor's Office. In a first for a female prosecutor, she was appointed a professor for would-be prosecutors at the institute, teaching those who passed the bar exam. In 2007, she became the country’s first female chief prosecutor at the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office, the most important among public prosecutor positions. In 2009, she made history again as Korea’s first woman to become an assistant prosecutor general, and last year, as the first female director of the Seoul prosecutor's office. In the world of Korean prosecutors, director of the prosecutor's office is an important position that is often called "the flower of prosecutors." Cho started her career as director of the Jeju District Prosecutor's Office and was then transferred to Uijeongbu this year.
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Hyang-ja Yang
Supreme Council Member of Minjoo Party of Korea
Yang Hyang-ja achieved two firsts when appointed a director at Samsung Electronics: the first non-college graduate and first woman. After graduating from Gwangju Girls' Commercial High School in 1986, she worked as a research assistant at the Semiconductor Memory Design Room of Samsung Electronics. Later, she was promoted to head of the DRAM/Flash Design Team of the company’s Memory Business Department. In 2014, she was named a research commissioner whose rank is equivalent to a managing director. Because Yang started from the bottom, her promotion made headlines in and out of the company. As a successful director of a major company, she joined the Minjoo Party of Korea early this year. Though she lost by a narrow margin in the last general elections, she was elected to the party's Supreme Council in August.
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Young-seok Na
Producer of CJ E&M
Known as the leading star producer of Korea, Na is a graduate of Yonsei University’s Department of Public Administration. The film company he joined after graduation went under after two months, so he worked as a teacher at a private educational institute. In 2001, Na entered KBS and started his career as a producer. After working as an assistant producer for "Meeting at a Mountain Cabin: War of Roses," he made a name for himself with "One Night and Two Days," known as the people's TV show. He once again made headlines after leaving KBS to join CJ E&M, where he created programs not seen before. They include "Better than Flowers," a reality series about backpacking, and "Three Meals a Day," which is about homemade meals. Na is a true pioneer who changed the paradigm of TV entertainment shows.
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Jihyun Im
CEO of Imvely
The CEO of Imvely is the star of not only the famous women's shopping mall Imvely, but also the Korean shopping mall industry. She is a celebrity with 500,000 followers on SNS including Instagram. Introducing tips on fashion and beauty, Im regularly communicates with her customers. She is also creative director of Bugun FNC, the fashion company that operates Imvely. Due to her personality and passion, Imvely has become a women's shopping mall popular even at off-line venues such as department stores. In countries such as China and Japan, Im enjoys idol-like popularity.
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Hye-Rin Park
Chief executive of Omni System
This entrepreneur leads more than 10 companies, setting up her first right after graduating from college. Her knack for acquiring many companies has made her known as an M&A genius. In 1992, she established Gain Trading Co., a distributor of imported tires to start her M&A business. Then she acquired Bio Smart, Korea's largest credit card manufacturer, and Omni System, a maker of smart digital gauges, eventually becoming the chairwoman of a group with more than 200 billion KRW in sales. She has received awards like a citation from the Minister of Knowledge Economy and "This Month's Proud SME Businessperson Award" from the Small and Medium Business Administration.
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Yun-jin Kim
Actress
Kim Yun-jin graduated from New York’s famous High School for the Performing Arts and studied at drama at Boston University. Just three years after her debut, she won the award for best newcomer at Korea’s DaeJong Film Festival for her role as the heroine of the Korean action blockbuster "Swiri." As the first Korean actress to star in an American TV series, Kim shot to global fame in "Lost," a drama that began in 2004. She later starred in the U.S. series "Mistresses" for about three years. Recently, Kim returned to Korea to star in the movie "House on Top of Time (tentative title)."
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Eun Young Oh
This medical doctor specializing in child and youth psychiatry is considered one of Korea’s best childcare mentors. Since 2006, she has appeared on many TV programs including SBS’s “My Child Became Different," and is the country’s most trusted child psychologist. Oh graduated from Yonsei University’s College of Medicine and received her M.D. in psychiatry from Korea University. With extensive clinical experience and as a mother raising her own children, the director offers heartfelt advice that has given her immense popularity. Including her recent book "Impatient Children and Temperamental Parents," Oh continues to publish guidebooks on raising children every year, receiving positive responses.
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Yoo-jin So
Actress
This actress starred in the hit drama "With Five Children," which recently ended recently with a rating of around 30 percent. In 2000, she made her debut in the drama "Deogi," and went on to star in "Fox and Cotton Candy" and "Delicious Proposal" in 2001 to sweep the honors for top actress and female newcomer at the MBC Broadcast and Entertainment Awards. So displayed her lively image in hosting radio and TV entertainment programs such as "MBC Section TV Entertainment Communication" and "SBS Pop Music." In 2013, she again made headlines by marrying famous restaurateur CEO Baek Jong-won, who is 15 years her senior.
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Hyun-Jung Kim
Artist
Kim first drew attention after adding unique and modern expressions to traditional Korean ink wash drawings. In her works, women in traditional hanbok (traditional Korean costume) from the Joseon Dynasty ride motorcycles or eat tteokbokki (stir-fried rice cake) just like modern women. Surprising the art world with paintings never seen before, Kim was named an "artist worth paying attention to" at the Korean Art Critics Conference in 2014. In the same year, she opened a private exhibition titled "Prudish Olympics" at Gana Art Center, and sold all 13 of her exhibited works. Today, she seeks to introduce Korean paintings to the public through numerous lectures and media interviews.
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Byeol-ah Kim
Novelist
In 1993, Kim Byeol-ah started her literary career with "The Sound of Wind Outside the Closed Door." In 2005, she released the full-length novel "Misil," which won the first World Literature Award. Kim has many interests in the life and history of women, and wrote "Chaehong," "Flower of Fire" and "Eo Wu-dong, Killed by Love," which are known as the "Trilogy of Joseon Dynasty Women." She also wrote "Nongae," "Baekbeom" and "Passionate Love," which reinterpret perceptions of real historical figures, to establish herself as a leading Korean writer. In her most recent novel released in August, Kim once again described an independent woman in history. "Tansil" is about Kim Myeong-sun, who is considered the first female novelist in the modern history of Korean literature.
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Ji-ae Moon
Moon Ji-ae is considered one of Korea’s best all-round announcers, starring in all kinds of entertainment programs. In 2006, MBC selected her as an announcer through open recruitment. She soon became the anchor of "PD Notebook," a leading investigative news program of the network, and "Weekend News Today." She also hosted "Live Topic Focus," a TV program on everyday information, and the radio show "Blue Night, This is Moon Ji-ae." In 2013, Moon opted to go freelance to star in a variety of entertainment programs such as "Go Seong-guk's Red Chair" on tvN and "On-site Talk Show Taxi." This year, she entered a new field by becoming a model for the cosmetic brand IOPE. She also hosted "Singing Contest - Showdown," a pilot entertainment program of KBS over the Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving) holidays.
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Se Ri Park
Pak Se-ri is Korea’s queen of golf who entered the LPGA Hall of Fame in a first time for Asian players. In 1997, she ranked first in the LPGA’s Qualifying Tournament, or “Q-School,” to make a spectacular debut on the international stage, and the next year, she won the LPGA Tour Championship and U.S. Women's Open. The same year, she was named LPGA Rookie of the Year, and was also tied for the most wins to instantly emerge as a global superstar. She continued to do well in the LPGA, and finally put her name in the Hall of Fame. Then she made the switch from a professional player to coach. This year at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she was the coach of the Korean women's national golf team, and led her squad to the gold medal thanks to players such as Park In-bee, who is known as one of "Se-ri’s Kids."
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Hyunju Song
Managing Director of Design Team, Home Appliances HQ, Samsung Electronics
As an expert in home appliances design, Song Hyun-ju supervises the general designs of everyday products for the Home Appliances Headquarters of Samsung Electronics. After entering Samsung in 1993, she became the first female designer selected as an overseas academic researcher. She studied sensibility ergonomics at Hiroshima University in Japan. Many successful products of Samsung were created by Song’s hands, including the luxury kitchen product series Chef Collection, windless air conditioner Q9000, all-automatic laundry machine Active Wash and drum washer AddWash. Because she is a female designer and homemaker, Song has received acclaim for designing products based on her high understanding of and familiarity with everyday living and home-making activities.
